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Engineering & Technology

Quantum - Internet. How to build the quantum internet

H. Vella

Published May 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

Experimental physicist maria Spiropulu is working on building the quantum internet, which could revolutionise finance, cyber security, defence and many other sectors.
DOI
10.1049/et.2019.0425

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